1989 Fermanagh District Council election

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1989 Fermanagh District Council election
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All 23 seats to Fermanagh District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist SDLP Sinn Féin
Seats won 10 5 4
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 Decrease 4
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Workers' Party Independent Nationalist
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 Increase 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Irish Independence
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Fermanagh District Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 10 2 0 Increase2 43.5 39.9 12,043 Increase6.9
  SDLP 5 1 0 Increase2 21.7 18.7 5,646 Increase1.9
  Sinn Féin 4 0 4 Decrease4 17.4 20.4 6,170 Decrease4.8
  DUP 2 0 0 Steady0 8.7 8.6 2,582 Decrease4.4
  Independent Nationalist 1 1 0 Increase1 4.3 5.3 1,604 Increase3.8
  Workers' Party 1 1 0 Increase1 0.0 3.8 1,150 Increase2.5
  Independent Republican 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.6 473 Increase1.6
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.0 305 Decrease0.8
 
Independent Socialist
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.6 170 Increase0.6
 
Independent
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.1 25 Decrease0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Fermanagh District Council election, 1989
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP Sinn Féin DUP Workers' Party Others
Enniskillen 45.6 3 13.5 1 14.2 1 10.5 1 12.6 1 3.6 1 7
Erne East 37.3 3 19.3 1 30.5 2 4.9 0 0.0 0 8.0 0 6
Erne North 42.1 2 27.7 2 10.4 0 19.8 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Erne West 33.4 2 16.8 1 26.2 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 23.6 1 5
Total 39.9 10 18.7 5 20.4 4 8.6 2 3.8 1 8.6 1 23

District results

Enniskillen

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party
1985-1989 Change: Workers' Party gain from Sinn Féin

Enniskillen - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ulster Unionist Raymond Ferguson* 17.97% 1,639                  
Ulster Unionist Samuel Foster* 16.28% 1,485                  
Workers' Party Davy Kettyles 12.61% 1,150                  
Ulster Unionist William Hetherington* 8.60% 784 1,058.04 1,202.25              
SDLP James Lunny* 7.40% 675 679.34 681.64 686.64 686.87 787.27 787.47 1,268.47    
Sinn Féin Pat Cox* 7.19% 656 656.31 656.31 658.31 660.31 663.31 663.31 685.31 762.73 1,361.73
DUP Roy Coulter* 8.81% 803 830.9 868.16 869.16 1,011.01 1,024.56 1,030.06 1,031.68 1,035.6 1,039.56
Ulster Unionist Bertie Kerr 2.72% 248 410.13 546.98 547.98 569.21 668.34 722.84 730.07 749.67 755.57
Sinn Féin John McManus 7.01% 639 639 639 645 645 646.31 646.31 655.31 682.75  
SDLP James Donnelly 6.09% 555 556.24 556.47 559.47 559.47 596.78 596.78      
Alliance William Barbour 3.34% 305 322.36 326.04 327.04 329.12          
DUP John Connor 1.70% 155 161.82 174.01 176.01            
Independent
 John Bothwell 0.27% 25 25.62 25.62              
Electorate: 12,402   Valid: 9,119 (73.53%)   Spoilt: 222   Quota: 1,140   Turnout: 9,341 (75.32%)  

Erne East

1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Sinn Féin

Erne East - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SDLP Fergus McQuillan* 19.28% 1,547                
Ulster Unionist Cecil Noble* 15.81% 1,268                
Ulster Unionist Albert Liddle* 13.20% 1,059 1,061.38 1,135.36 1,159.36          
Sinn Féin Brian McCaffrey 9.29% 745 776.28 776.28 776.28 783 783 920.5 1,423.5  
Sinn Féin Plunket O'Neill* 7.62% 611 625.62 625.62 625.62 646.7 647.79 846.99 987.59 1,249.79
Ulster Unionist Jean McVitty 8.31% 667 672.78 702.03 716.81 723.67 1,034.24 1,038.33 1,040.33 1,040.33
Independent Republican John McCusker 5.90% 473 669.52 669.52 669.52 786.28 786.28 859.2 901.62 914.82
Sinn Féin Vincent McCaffrey* 8.21% 659 685.52 685.52 685.52 695.54 695.54 739.32    
Sinn Féin Ciaran Leonard 5.37% 431 473.16 473.34 474.34 484.72 485.72      
DUP Paul Robinson 3.29% 264 264 271.11 357.74 358.74        
Independent Socialist
 Seamus Mullan 2.12% 170 244.12 244.3 245.64          
DUP Caroline Madill 1.60% 128 128.68 130.93            
Electorate: 9,489   Valid: 8,022 (84.54%)   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 1,147   Turnout: 8,177 (86.17%)  

Erne North

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Erne North - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Ulster Unionist Caldwell McClaughry* 24.34% 1,516        
DUP Bert Johnston* 17.88% 1,114        
Ulster Unionist Simon Loane* 13.04% 812 1,170.36      
SDLP John O'Kane* 14.95% 931 932.86 934.79 1,042.32  
SDLP Tommy Gallagher 12.74% 793 793.62 795.55 839.3 954.62
Sinn Féin Brian McSorley 10.40% 648 648.93 648.93 649.55 651.1
Ulster Unionist Gladys Nixon 4.77% 297 359.93 473.97    
DUP Victor Milligan 1.89% 118 156.75      
Electorate: 7,782   Valid: 6,229 (80.04%)   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 1,039   Turnout: 6,339 (81.46%)  

Erne West

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Sinn Féin, Independent Nationalist leaves IIP

Erne West - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Independent Nationalist Patrick McCaffrey* 23.60% 1,604      
Ulster Unionist Wilson Elliott* 20.55% 1,397      
Sinn Féin Paul Corrigan* 17.45% 1,186      
SDLP Gerry Gallagher* 13.08% 889 1,055.6 1,265.6  
Ulster Unionist Derrick Nixon 12.81% 871 875.08 880.46 1,138.86
Sinn Féin Vincent Martin 8.75% 595 754.12 815.46 816.98
SDLP Patrick McGovern 3.77% 256 390.98    
Electorate: 8,034   Valid: 6,798 (84.62%)   Spoilt: 203   Quota: 1,134   Turnout: 7,001 (87.14%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Fermanagh". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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